Shayla Platt, an NYSF sponsored student before COVID, is now finishing Science at Adelaide Uni. Shayla was spoke at last Thursday’s dinner about unconventional learning - logic with room for intuition. While helping endangered Orangutan in Indonesian Borneo, she has a thriving STEM for Early Learners venture here. It offers creative ways for kids in their early years to get artfully involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (i.e. STEM). You can help by donating via this link.
At the same meeting, we inducted Liliam Osorio as a new member of Club.
Club Treasurer, Bruce McDonald was busy last week. We donated $1,000 each to Australian Rotary Health (ARH), Shelterbox and ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children). Our club member and Past District Governor John Campbell is on the ARH Board. We also gave $3,000 to the Rotary Foundation - rated world’s best charity for the last 15 years. Finally, our $3,500 donation to District 9560 means they can start ordering materials to build Covalima birthing clinic’s water system in Timor Lesté.
While marvelling at Bruce’s financial efficiency before he raced off for family time in Cleve, spare a thought for your Club Directors - busily writing their end of year part of our Club’s annual report. You’ll get a copy at the 29th June Changeover Dinner in the Caledonian’s lovely Barton room - book by replying to Yvette’s 25th May email.
Last call to attend our District 9510 Rotary Volunteering Expo on 3rd June 2023 in Bonython Hall. It’s free and open to the public with interesting exhibits and engaging speakers. Our very own Erfan will be speaking at 2:30pm! A Celebration Dinner follows at 6:30pm in the National Wine Centre… you can register for either right here.
This Thursday 1st June is a mid morning coffee conversation at White Picket café.
At our Thursday June 8th breakfast meeting we’ll hear two young lawyers, Harper and Will explain some facts about the proposed ‘Voice’ to Federal parliament from. Rotary encourages Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and is apolitical, so this topic sticks to the constitutional facts for a clearer Referendum picture.
Our June Cuppa Conversation is 10-11:30am Saturday 24th June at Botanic Garden’s Fibonacci Café. Our newest member and energetic organiser, Lili is organising this one with more detail on how to get there as we get closer. Below are a couple more photos from our recent successful Cuppa Conversation at Bocelli's.
If you like tree planting we’ll do this with Adelaide City Council Saturday July 29th 9:30-12 at Mann Tce in North Adelaide. Gloves, tools and plants are supplied, also a site induction and planting demo. These are busy but great fun, so slot it in your diary.
Film night is Friday 21st July at North Adelaide’s Piccadilly theatre - email Rob to book. Quiz Night with Rotaract is Saturday 19th August at Pulteney Grammar’s Wyatt Hall - always a great night, so gather some friends and fill a table of 10.
On Saturday July 29th there will be a tree planting event with the Council. It'll be from 930-12 at a site on Mann Tce in North Adelaide
It will run similar to last year, starting with a site induction and planting demonstration. They'll supply gloves and will have all the tools and plants ready to go on the day.
Come and join your local Rotaractors as we OP SHOP HOP through Adelaide City! Through local op shops around Adelaide!
Your $10 proceeds with your ticket will provide you with a goodie bag of snacks, but you're money will give back to the Community with all proceeds going to the Hutt St Centre!
We will meet at Cafe Troppo, for some fellowship and food and then walk and use public transport to take us to our first location- Salvos Adelaide!
On the day you can also donate your clothes to Salvos Adelaide in Whitmore Square! We will have a fun and relaxed day in the city! Everyone is welcome!
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
1 June - 9.30am
8 June - 7.15am
South Terrace Croquet Club
15 June - 9.30am
Chairperson
Coffee Conversation
Coffee Conversation
Attendance
Yvette Reade
White Picket Café
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Fatemeh Zarei
Bottles/ cans
Dean Sullivan
Di Lane
Fred Field
Bread run
Dean Sullivan (4/6)
John Wotherspoon (11/6)
John Wotherspoon (18/6)
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund to Bruce McDonald and empty bags to the next duty member, at the next meeting. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Cumberland Arms Hotel, 205 Waymouth St. Adelaide. Bread Run: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
United in the spirit of Service we value truth, fairness and friendship; and we welcome the opportunity that Rotary gives us to contribute our talents and resources in support of others.
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To have fun and engage interest from new members and friends as we use our strengths for a better world here and abroad - a welcoming, flexible group having fun doing hands-on activities for positive impact.
Two workers - one big and strong, the other small and weak - are on a building site.
The small chap says "I bet you $20 that I can push something to the end of the yard in my wheelbarrow and you won't be able to push the same thing back."
